Famous People with Name Clark

Clark Gable            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Gable: was an iconic American actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. His most famous role was Rhett Butler in the 1939 epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh

Clark Clifton Kellogg Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Clifton Kellogg Jr: is a college basketball analyst and former player in the National Basketball Association.Clark 'Special K' Kellogg attended St.Joseph's High School in Cleveland, Ohio and had a high school basketball career generally regarded as the finest in Cleveland history. The highlight was a 79-65 loss in the state championship game to Columbus East that saw Kellogg score 51. This 51 point game is still an Ohio state finals record. Was just as highly rated as fellow preps James Worthy and Isiah Thomas.

Clark Graebner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Graebner: is an American professional tennis player, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, who won a number of championships. He graduated from Northwestern University, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Graebner's wife Carole also was a successful touring tennis professional.

Clark Murray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Murray: an American sculptor who is best known for his large outdoor constructions of welded and painted steel pipes.

Clark Leonard Hull            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Leonard Hull: was an influential American psychologist who sought to explain learning and motivation by scientific laws of behavior. Born in Akron, New York, Hull obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, and in 1918 a PhD in from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also taught from 1916 to 1929. His doctoral research on "Quantitative Aspects of the Evolution of Concepts" was published in Psychological Monographs.Hull conducted research demonstrating that his theories could predict and control behavior. His most significant works were the Mathematico-Deductive Theory of Rote Learning (1940), and Principles of Behavior (1943), which established his analysis of animal learning and conditioning as the dominant learning theory of its time. Hull is known for his debates with Edward C. Tolman. He is also known for his work in Drive Theory. Hull’s model is couched in evolutionary terms: Organisms suffer deprivation. Deprivation creates needs. Needs activate drives. Drives activate behavior. Behavior is goal directed. Achieving the goal has survival value.

Bruce Allan Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bruce Allan Clark: is a former mayor of the town of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, serving from 1981 to 1988. Clark became the thirteenth mayor of Glace Bay in a 1981 by-election, succeeding long time mayor Dan A. Munroe who had resigned. Clark served as mayor until 1988, when he left the mayor's office in a bid to become MLA for the riding of Cape Breton East, running as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia under the leadership of John Buchanan. Clark lost the election to John MacEachern, who was the Liberal candidate. Clark ran for mayor of Glace Bay once again in 1991 and lost by a narrow margin to Donald MacInnis.

William Keir Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Keir Clark: was a Canadian merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. After serving as mayor of Montague in 1941 and 1942, he represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1948 to 1959 and from 1966 to 1970 as a Liberal. In 1970, he sat as an Independent Liberal. Clark served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Education from 1953 to 1959, as Provincial Treasurer from 1954 to 1955 and as Minister of Health and Municipal Affairs from 1966 to 1969. He resigned from cabinet in 1969, saying that he did not support all aspects of his government's development plan. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1959. As of 2008 he was P.E.I.'s oldest living former politician, and he turned 100 in 2010.

Christina Joan "Christy" Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christina Joan "Christy" Clark: is a Canadian politician, the 35th and current Premier of British Columbia, Canada. Clark was sworn in as premier on March 14, 2011, after she won the leadership of the British Columbia Liberal Party in the 2011 leadership election on February 26, 2011. At the time of her leadership victory, Clark was not a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, though she previously represented the ridings of Port Moody-Westwood and Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain between 1996 and 2005. During that time she served as Minister of Education, Minister of Children and Family Development and as Deputy Premier. She re-entered the legislature after winning a by-election on May 11, 2011 in Vancouver-Point Grey, the riding vacated by her predecessor as premier, Gordon Campbell. Clark is the second, and longest serving, woman to serve as Premier of British Columbia (Rita Johnston being the first in 1991), as well as the fourth woman in Canadian history to serve as a provincial premier, and the eighth woman overall to be a first minister. With Eva Aariak currently serving as Premier of Nunavut, and with Kathy Dunderdale holding the office of Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Clark's investiture as premier in British Columbia also marked the first time in Canadian history that three provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers. When Alison Redford became Premier of Alberta seven months later, this number was increased to four.

Glen David Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glen David Clark: is a politician in British Columbia, Canada who served as the 31st Premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999. Clark was first elected to the BC Legislature in the 1986 provincial election. He served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations and then as the Minister of Employment and Investment in the government of Mike Harcourt. When Harcourt resigned as a result of the Bingogate scandal, Clark stood for and won the leadership of the BC NDP and therefore became BC's 31st Premier. Clark called an election in 1996 in which his party narrowly won a majority of seats, despite receiving fewer votes across the province than the second-place BC Liberal Party.

Sir William Mortimer Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir William Mortimer Clark: was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in 1836 in Aberdeen, Scotland, William Clark was educated at Marischal College and the University of Edinburgh. He came to Canada in 1859 and was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1861. A prominent social activist, he became a bank director and authored a number of articles on travel. In 1866 he married Helen Gordon. Clarke was appointed the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1903. He supported education and hospitals during his mandate, and served until 1908.